From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

 

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

The Sonoco internship program is designed to “test the waters” of working in the manufacturing and packaging industry. You will spend your summer working in a specific division on impactful projects, establishing an understanding of Sonoco's culture and processes, as well as developing a business mindset. 

The program is a blend of hands-on experiences and opportunities.  Throughout the program you can expect to gain a better understanding of your future potential at Sonoco through valuable project work. Our internship program is designed to be a step towards joining the Emerging Leaders Program or other entry level positions upon graduation. 

With approximately 150 locations in 34 states, your internship could be anywhere. We ask that all interns be open to relocation for the summer. 

All internships last approximately 12 weeks.  Your start/end date can vary based on your final exam schedule and relocation needs. Internships are paid, and relocation assistance is provided (U-Haul cargo trailer). We also provide a housing and activity allowance, and Sonoco sponsored activities with other interns and new Emerging Leaders Associates. 

Enterprise Development/Analytics

As a Development/Analytics Intern you will be working with a Senior level Engineer to develop business applications or work on integrations using our enterprise integrations platform. You will also receive coaching and mentorship from head of the Integrations and analytics department.

Business Applications/Digital Excellence

The intern will help us to drive one of our upcoming implementations, with guidance/oversight from a mentor. Each of these efforts will require a robust vendor selection process with careful research and consideration of business needs.

The intern will assist Sonoco in providing solutions for our marketing/applications teams. In addition to demonstrating and applying strong project management skills, business requirement gathering and assessment, commitment to teamwork and the ability to provide analytical assessment of technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services to our business counterparts across the globe. The intern will be entrepreneurial, collaborative, hard-working, willing to jump in and contribute, and able to both lead and follow.

ITIO User Experience

Would you like to be involved in changing the future of information technology on the road to digital transformation? Be a part of working with the ITSM team at Sonoco.  Help us define roadmaps and processes. Utilize your analytical skills to develop dashboards and reporting to measure our success in delivering service that exceeds our customer’s expectations. You will learn incident management and reactive and proactive Problem Management, and the importance of Change management.  We welcome individuals that like to drive the effectiveness and the efficiencies of incident, change and problem management.

Information Security

Working at Sonoco isn’t just manufacturing. It is also the opportunity to help us define and secure the future of a global business leveraging IT to succeed. If you are passionate about using modern technologies and services, stopping hackers and malicious actors, protecting operations, and launching a career in cyber security, Sonoco Information Security is hiring motivated students for our Summer Internship Program.

At Sonoco you will get hands-on experience and opportunities to learn how a real-world cyber security organization operates. Interns will help us defend our organization's interests, define and operate infosec capabilities, innovate how we operate as a global team, and develop cyber skills. Within our Risk Management, IAM, Security Administration, and Security Operations groups, you will have the opportunity to partner with, and learn from, our InfoSec leaders and operators. You will be focused on themes that will require you to “think like an adversary”, both as an external actor and an insider risk, to create a secure operating environment for Sonoco’s global business to operate within.

We value experience and expertise with cyber concepts, processes, systems, tools, and platforms. Knowledge of cloud environment operations and security as well as automation skills (i.e. python and PowerShell) are useful. Being a motivated problem solver with a strong sense of humor is a must.

ITIO – Infrastructure (Client Services, Network, Servers)

As an Infrastructure intern, you will be immersed in a variety of activities that support the deployment and maintenance of our global endpoints, networks, or server environments. The intern will gain first-hand experience in the use of the day-to-day tools and processes to support these global environments.

The intern will work closely with hardware and software engineers in testing and troubleshooting technical issues while providing quality assurance checks on installed products. The student will be involved in resolving level three helpdesk support tickets received from Service Now including the investigation of user issues, identifying problem sources and a recommendation of a possible solution.

A successful internship will allow the candidate to gain insight and first-hand experience in the daily technical support processes used by Sonoco’s IT Infrastructure team. This position will provide an educational / learn by doing opportunity and encourages the intern to provide process improvement feedback.

The intern should have solid communication and collaboration skills in order to work closely with different Sonoco IT groups with the overall goal of enhancing end user satisfaction.

At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits. *Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options401(k) retirement plan with company matchWellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of servicesPaid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and familyVariety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insuranceTuition reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.